Machine for steaming cloth.



No. 761,471. PATENTBD MAY 31,1904.

' RGESSNER.

MACHINE FOR STEAMING CLOTH.

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No. 761,471. PATEN:TED MAY 31, 1904.

' B. GESSNER.

MACHINE FOR STEAMING CLOTH.

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No. 761,431." 2 V Y UNITED STATES- Iatented May 31, 1904.

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ERN'sTeEs'sNER, or AUE, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR VSTEA-MING CLOTH.

= SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 761,471, dated May 31, 1904.

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- Be it known that I, ERNST GEssNER, a sub ject of the GermanEmperor, and a resident of Aue, SaXony,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Steaming Cloth, of'which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of cloth-' steaming machines in which the cloth is wrapped upon a perforated cylinder, and has for its object to' provide means for eliminating Water of condensation from the steam which is to enter the cloth.

One feature of my invention consists in providing four fluid-passages, one of which introduces heating-steam into the cylinder, another of which removes from the cylinder the water of condensation from the heating-steam, another of which introduces steaming-steam into the cylinder, and another of which removes from the cylinder water of condensation from the steaming-steam.

Another feature of my invention consists in the combination within the cylinder of a heater and means of drainage, which act in combination upon the water of condensation from the steaming-steam. ,Another feature of my invention consists in means whereby the water. of condensation from the steaming-steam is collected in or conducted to the passage through which it is drained from the cylinder. 7 Y

Other features of my invention will be made evident by the followingdescription and set forth in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

.Figure 1 is an end elevation of my machine with the cylinder in cross-section; and Fig. 2

- is a side elevation, the cylinder being longitudinally sectioned.

The machine contains an inner stationary imperforate cylinder or. heater A to be heated with steam. It is provided with two hollow journals B and C, resting in a castiron frame X, and an external perforated copper cylinder D, having two cast-iron heads E and F, fitted to turn freely around, the journals and made steam-tight by stuffing-boxe's B and C. The

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rim (0 of the head F is toothed and driven by a gearing below it, as hereinafter described.

The journal C, Fig. 2, is cast in one piece with the body A of the cylinder and provided with a head Gr, bolted to it, having a steaminlet 6' and having also an outlet 0 for the Waste-water pipe d, leading from the interior of the heater A. The steam entering the chamber A from the pipe 6 through the annular opening around pipe d presses on top of-any water in the bottom of chamber A and forces it out through piped and opening 0.

The journal B is formed with a head 0, bolted to the cylinder or heater A, of which head a triangular part It is cut out to give passage to the steaming-steam-inlet pipe f, which is arranged longitudinally within the depression g,bywhich a trough or gutter is formed in the surface of the heater A. This pipe f is provided with perforations through which the steam enters into the spacebetween the perforated outer'cylinder or shell D and the heater A. The gutter g is covered over by a halfround sheet-iron shell, hood, or dasher i, so as to intercept water of condensation in the steaming-steam andthrow it back onto the heater A, where it is collected by the trough or gutter g. The hot wall of the heater A, which composes the gutter, partially evaporates this water of condensation, and so much of it as does evaporate flows down the inclined trough or gutter g,'through the opening 71,, into the hollow journal B, whence it is discharged through an outlet is andv is conducted to the trap H through a connecting-pipe Z.

The steaming-steam-supply pipe m is connected with the inlet-pipe f through a Tcoupling j. Theflange of the coupling jis bolted to the flange of the journal B, while the flange of the steam-inlet pipe f is caught between them and the joint thus rendered steam-tight. Another pipe, n, leads from the coupling 1' to the trap H.

The inner surface of the perforated cylindensed water which may accumulate at the bottom of the shell D, elevate it, and discharge it onto the heater in the trough or gutter g. The scoops are so constructed by being in pairs facing in opposite directions as to perform this function whether the cylinder be turning in the right or left hand direction. Now it will be evident that I have provided ample means for carrying or directing water of condensation from the steaming-steam onto the heater and into the gutter 9.

For the purpose of winding up and uncoiling the cloth the cylinder D has to rotate either forward 'or backward and is driven by a reversing-gear. This reversing-gear consists of a lever 12, with handle turning around the journal 1", and carrying four wheels 1, 2, 3,'and 4:, wheel 1 being double-gage, and

' thereby adapted to overlap and engage with both wheels (0 and 5. This said journal 9' has its bearing in the frame X, and fixed to it at one end is the small wheel 5 and at the other end the wheel 6, which is in gear with the wheel 7, which is on the main shaft K, carrying the fast and loose pulleys L and M. As the drawings show it, the wheels 1 and 2 of the lever are out of gear with the wheel a. When the handle of the lever 0 is lowered to its lowest position N, the wheel 1 is brought into gear with the wheel a and imparts to the cylinder D the slow motion necessary for winding up the cloth. lever 19 to its highest position 0 the wheel 3 is brought to work with the wheel a, imparting to the cylinder D the quicker motion in opposite direction suitable for uneoiling the cloth. R, S, and T are wooden bars for spreading the cloth while being wound on the cylinder.

Although I have shown the journals and heater as stationary instead of rotating with the perforated shell, I do not wish to be understood as limiting this patent to that feature of my invention.

I claim- 1. In a machine for steaming cloth, a perforated cylinder, in combination with a longitudinally-arranged inwardly-projecting scoop on its inner surface.

2. In a machine for steaming cloth, a perforated cylinder, in combination with a longitudinally-arranged inwardly-projecting double scoop, an inner steam-heated cylinder and a reversing-gear to give a forward or backward motion to said perforated cylinder so that any condensed water is carried around by the double scoop either in one or the other direction.

3. In a cloth-steaming machine, in combination, a perforated cylinder, an inner stationary steam-heater, hollow journals for said heater, a steaming-steam-inlet pipe entering through one of said journals and arranged longitudinally within the perforated cylinder, a depression g on the top of the heater, a dasher By raising the handle of the covering the same an outlet for water of condensation from said depression 7 through said journal and an outlet for water of condensation from said heater through the other journal.

4. In a cloth-steaming machine, in combination, a perforated cylinder, an inwardlyprojecting scoop, an inner stationary heater, hollow journals, a steaming-steam-inlet pipe entering through one of said journals and arranged longitudinally within a depression on the top of the heater, a hood facing said depression on the opposite side of said pipe, an outlet through one of said journals for water of condensation and an outlet through the other of said journals for the water of condensation from said heater.

5. In a cloth-treating machine, the combination with a non-rotating heating-drum supplied with steam connections and having a drainage-trough extending along its upper surface, a perforated steaming-cylinder ad apted to rotate about said heating-drum and a steam-suppl y pipe lying within said drainagetrough.

6. In a cloth-treating machine, the combination with a non-rotating heating-d rum supplied with steam connections and having a drainage-trough extending along its upper surface, a perforated steaming-cylinder adapted to rotate aboutsaid drum, a steani-suppl y pipe lying within said drainage-trough and a dasher covering said steam-supply pipe.

7. In a cloth-treating machine, in combination with a perforated steaming-cylinder, of a trough within said cylinder and a scoop secured to the inner surface of said cylinder and adapted to discharge into said trough.

8. In a cloth-treating machine, the combination with a rotary perforated steaming-cylinder, of a drainage-trough within said cylinder and scoops secured to the inner surface of the cylinder in pairs; the scoops of each pair facing oppositely and all the scoops being adjusted to discharge into the drainagetrough as they reach the upper portion of their course.

9. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, the perforated shell, a heater, a steaming-steam-supply pipe and means of d rainage for the water of condensation from said steaming-steam.

10. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, the perforated shell, a heater, a steaming-steam-suppl y pipe, a perforated steamingsteam-distributing pipe and means whereby the water of condensation from the steamingsteam is drained from the cylinder.

11. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, a perforated shell, a heater, asteaming-steam-supply pi pe and a receptacle formed in the surface of the heater for receiving the water of condensation.

12. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, the perforated shell, a heater, a steaming-steam-supply pipe and an inclined evaporating-receptacle for the evaporation and drainage of Water of condensation.

13. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, a perforated shell, a steaming-steamsupply pipe,and a heater arranged adjacent to the same and provided with a depression wherein to catch the water of condensation from the steaming-steam.

14. Ina cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, the perforated shell, a heater, asteaming-steam-supply pipe and means whereby the of said shell is thrown into said means of. drainage.

16. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combi-. nation, the perforated shell, a heater, a steaming-steam-supply pipe, means whereby .the

' water of condensation suspended in the steam escaping from said supply-pipe is thrown upon said heater and means whereby the water of condensation on the interior of said shell is thrown upon said heater.

17. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combi nation, the end bearings, a perforated shell, a

heater, inlet and outlet passages through one bearing for the heating-steam and water ofcondensation therefrom and inlet and outlet passages through the other bearing for the heating-steam and water of condensation therefrom.

18. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, the end bearings, a perforated shell, a

heater, four passages Within said bearings, respectively, for the heating-steam,'the water of condensation therefrom, the steaming-steam and the water of condensation therefrom.

19. In a cloth-steaming cylinder, in combination, a perforated shell, a heater and four passages connecting with the interior of said shell, respectively, for the entrance of heating-steam, the exit of water of condensation therefrom, the entrance of steaming-steam and the exit of water of condensation therefrom.

20. In a cloth-treating machine, in combination, a perforated shell, asteam-supply connection with the interior thereof, an interior drainagewhannel adapted to discharge from the shell by gravity, means whereby water of condensationis collected in said channel and a heater whereby the contents of said shell is heated.

21. In a cloth-treating machine, in combination, a perforated shell, adrainage-passage through the bearing thereof and a waterof-condensation receptacle connecting with said drainage-passage and elevated above the same whereby the water may be discharged by gravity.

22. In a cloth-treating machine, in combination, a perforated shell, a heater A occupying more than one-half thediameter of said shell and containing a depression g, the steam- -ing-steam-sripply pipe f located in said dein its outer surface and a steaming-steam-supply pipe located in said depression.

24. In a cloth-steaming machine, in combination, a perforated shell, a heater therein, two inductionsteam-passages for the supply of steaming-steam and heating-steam respectively and two eduction water-passages for 

